N & V are the dubious owners of chipped and cracked nail varnish...
Pix to follow but I would like to point out that yes it looks cheap, that's because it's SUPPOSED to look cheap!

's okay. I don't mind cheap

Cracked and chipped:
http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy265/bassmunkee/Oblivion/new_niamh/cracked_nails_again_again.jpg
http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy265/bassmunkee/Oblivion/new_niamh/cracked_nails_3.jpg
http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy265/bassmunkee/Oblivion/new_niamh/cracked_nails_toes.jpg

I like these a lot. Nice work!

Thank you!
I was very pleased with the way they turned out...

these look as though they could be in magazine ads. I mean that as a compliment if there's any confusion.

Heh - considering they were my first EVER effort at using paint.net in the context of .dds files, I am very flattered by that

Very cool little detail. I like

It would have been unrealistic if it didn′t look cheap. I doubt there is a [insert girl′s fav place to shop for that stuff here] in Cyrodiil

Looks good I think. Are they happy about it too?

They are yes as it happens.

But yeah that's the thing, there are fingernail mods but they are - (aside from the impracticality of having them as wearable items) - unrealistically perfect. In that environment they would not look like that for long, hence N & V's.
Believe me, if I was a good enough artist I would have given them both lank and greasy hair and plenty of dirt and muck, especially on their hands and feet...!!

Well as an addendum to this, and because I cannot leave well enough alone I've just spent the last few hours with her standing VERY still whilst I inked Niamh's tattoos in green and red.
I would post a pic, but they are ...everywhere... (no NOT there, but you know what I mean)!
Doubtless they will appear soon enough however...

INK:
I think they turned out rather well, actually: http://s798.photobucket.com/albums/yy265/bassmunkee/Oblivion/new_niamh/INK/

I am impressed! And a bit turned on

LOL
It took me a while to do, but it was worth it.
I'm just fiddling with her hair now...

Be careful. Don′t change her too much so she loses herself

But why not making her a satin blonde??

Nope - (sorry) - she's got black hair; same style as before, now just a little shorter.
Really short hair doesn't suit her and really long hair is impractical so we've taken a little off the ends, or rather Vilja did. She didn't do a bad job.
Terrible alchemist, but great hairdresser!

This all just makes me sad I'm not on pc. Good work Phon

You've done an excellent job with those, PhonAntiPhon. For those who might not realize, body tattoos like this can be fiendishly difficult. The body mesh stretches and contracts the textures in various areas, distorting the design. Really, I am very impressed. You've done a heck of a job. The colors are a little bright for my taste (I'm more of a tribal person myself) but I do like the designs very much. I particularly like the 'garter' tattoo. I think that came out very nice. *thumbs up*

Well thank you, but I would like to point out that the actual baselayer tattoos are not mine, I can't link to them here because it's an advlt file on TESN.
I am about to embark on a learning curve involving actually applying my own tattoos (gulp).

My contribution was to use paint.net to open the DDS files and apply the colouration to tattoos in the same way that I did the nail varnish - and that was actually slightly more challenging than you might think because obviously you have line up the colours on both sides of the body!

Interestingly when I first applied the (unpainted) tattoos it never occurred to me to paint them but it increasingly felt like Niamh almost "required" it - if you see what I mean. I know the colours are bright but I wanted to go for a "stained glass window" effect, and as such I think she actually IS a work of art. Afterwards it seemed to be a good contrast because she is adorned with this ink, on her skin which is clear and pale and Vilja has a big blue dragon sleeve-tattoo on top of freckled, scarred and pock-marked skin.
They kind of represent 2 halves yet both are attractive in their own right though almost in direct opposition to their actual personalitys - (Niamh looks "purer" but is darker whereas Vilja is, or at least was once, the opposite).
I find that kind of pleasing...

ANYWAY:
So thank you Pseron, on behalf of me and the original texturiser!!
(I swear I am too honest for my own good)!!

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1224810-what-system-are-you-on/page__fromsearch__1

(Emphasis mine.)

Don't take this the wrong way. All the pics I've seen of Niamh show her wearing a thong at best, it seems. She's not really adventuring around in that, is she?

EDIT: and by the way, the nails really do look good.

Nope she's not adventuring in that, and I don't take it the wrong way at all.

Neither she nor Vilja wear anything much and not because I am a dirty tech perv either but because - (but not limited to)...

1. We have been through loads of armour and not one has really been ..."right", if you will.
2. Both characters now have enough body decoration that they aren't really naked per-se, anymore.
3. The more the characters evolve the more naturalistic they have become - as I said before: think Celts, but equally many cultures hunt and "venture forth" extremely successfully wearing VERY little indeed.
4. It's not my/our world, the social mores that govern me - (God Forbid) - walking out of my front door wearing nothing but piercings and tattoos do not, in Niamh's Cyrodiil, govern her.
5. Wearing very little is not the same as having perfectly manicured fingernails. As I've mentioned; if I was good enough I would make their hair look greasy and unwashed and cover their bodies in dirt and blood and scum.

Thank you, I am very pleased with how both the nails, and the tattoos turned out.

Not entirely sure I believe this bit....It's okay you can admit it

In all seriousness that really isn't the reason. I mean yeah she *IS* cute but - dude - seriously...

In the last episode of Xena: Warrior Princess One of the characters is given a large tattoo on her back that protects her from an evil spirit. I've used this idea many times when playing lightly-armored, tattooed characters. I roleplay that the tattoo has magical properties similar to, say, a shield spell. In fact, I have gone so far as to add a shield spell to the race (I almost always play custom races) that simulates the protective properties of the tattoo.